For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, with their musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape.| Hooks, Books, & Wanderlust
Weird climate fiction descends into horror in Argentinian author Michel Nieva's 2023 novel Dengue Boy, translated from Spanish by Rahul Bery. The subtitle could be 'Revenge of the mutant human mosquito' and it's not for the faint-hearted. This is magical realism taken to the limit.| Market Garden Reader
4 stars — That was a surprisingly emotional read for me. Like, seriously, I cried more than was probably warranted. I split time between reading and listening, but I really enjoyed Ms. Spence…| Celebrity Readers
Grave birds haunt the cemeteries of Hawthorne, South Carolina. Hollis Sutherland never knew these unique birds existed, not until she died and was brought back to life. The ghostly birds are manifestations of the dead’s unfinished business, and they know Hollis and her uncanny gift can set them free. When a mysterious, charming bachelor wanders…| Hooks, Books, & Wanderlust
In this interview, author Emily Buchanan discusses the balancing act of speculative fiction and realism in her debut novel, Send Flowers.| Writer's Digest
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all well. Today I’m posting my review of Seanan McGuire’s ninth novel in the Wayward Children series, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
A banged up former Pro Rodeo bull rider inherits a ranch in Texas and meets a friendly diner waitress, two wounded hearts cross paths in this first in series small town contemporary romance sprinkled with some indigenous magical realism. I was introduced to Sharon Sala’s writing when I began reading her Blessings, Georgia series and […]| Books of My Heart
Author: Catherine Bakewell Clara’s magic has always been wild. But it’s never been dangerous. Then a simple touch causes poisonous flowers to bloom in her father’s chest. The only way to heal him is to cast an extremely difficult spell that requires perfect control. And the only person willing to help is her former best… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Flowerheart ~|
Page count: 352 pagesRating: 4.5 stars| Malin's Blog of Books
Some books find a way to crack open your heart and leave pieces of themselves behind. Dustin Thao’s You’ve Reached Sam and When Haru Was Here are two such stories—quietly devastating, beautifully written, and deeply emotional explorations of grief, memory, and love. Though each stands alone, both novels echo with the ache of loss and the haunting possibility of… Continue reading standalone review | dustin thao: you’ve reached sam & when haru was here→|
Alfredo Poggi talks to Spencer and Laurie about his new book Magical Realism, Latin America, and the Appearance of Precritical Theory, published by Rowman & Littlefield. Poggi makes the bold argument for taking Marian visions at face value and seeing them as a powerful antidote to ideology. Poggi uses Latin American literary approach of magical realism to reveal a precritical perspective.| The Maurin Academy for Regenerative Studies
I didn’t think she’d agree to it – my granddaughter. Months earlier I endured facial surgery to remove what we thought was an unexpected birthmark, which instead turned out to be skin cancer. Origi…| roughwighting
It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the exact number of years you will live. Enchanting and deeply uplifting, The Measure is…| Hooks, Books, & Wanderlust
From the critically-acclaimed, bestselling author of WEYWARD...2019: Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night with her hands around his throat. Horrified, she flees to her sister’s house on the coast of New South Wales, hoping Jess can help explain the vivid dreams that preceded the attack – but her sister…| Hooks, Books, & Wanderlust
About the Book: When Caitlin inherits a significant sum of money on her fortieth birthday, she decides to break the habits of a lifetime and throw caution to the winds. She’s about to tell he…| Theresa Smith Writes
"The Spiral Staircase" is of a different order, truly a lapidary masterpiece. Even as I began it, the story sent me off on associative journeys--Borges "Library of Babel," Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle. And then the story brought me back to its own intention, which I believe to be an intensely lyrical exploration of presence and absence, in this case not only psychological but also metaphysical. Marvelous.| A Writing Life: Lâle Davidson
“Hello. This is your storyteller. You may already be wondering why I’m intruding onto the story like this, which is a fair question.” Fifteen years ago, teenagers Jeremy and Rafe …| LittleFrogScribbles
Postmodernism is dead, but its successor has not yet been crowned. Attributes of that successor have, however, begun to be elucidated. Among them is the idea that, after the scepticism of postmodernism, interest is re-emerging in the inexplicable, the unspeakable, in the things that cannot be encompassed rationally. Florian Niedlich calls this development a ‘religious … Oscillating Towards the Sublime Read More » The post Oscillating Towards the Sublime first appeared on Notes on Metamod...| Notes on Metamodernism
“It’s haunted, you know,” Stephen says as soon as the attorney, Mr. Richardson, reads his mother’s will. “I know,” Harriet answers a bit smugly. Stephen startles, opens his mouth as if to say somet…| roughwighting
We’re nearing the end of this year’s adventures, but we’re not ready to stop yet! There’s a few days of May left to celebrate the fantastic – first, we’re lookin…| onemore.org
Another week has flown by, but before we begin the second half of our travels through the fantastical worlds of Wyrd and Wonder, let’s take a moment to catch up on the adventures our fellow readers…| onemore.org
Clients quite often ask me for recommendations of novellas-in-flash featuring speculative, fantastical, magical realist, or science-fiction elements. The honest answer is that — as far as I’m…| The Novella-in-Flash
Molly F. Law talks about her debut novel, The Enchanted Reader.| G. Connor Salter
Marissa Meyer. 4 stars. (9781250618931). Jude finds himself with an abundance of luck and it gives him the courage to ask out his crush.|